Memory Spoken Word Poems

It's about time I tell you my story-
so jot down notes, and take inventory.
I've been there, done it too-
I've left my past behind me, and...

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Joyful memories surface, every once in a while
Evidenced by bright eyes and a half formed smile

Catching special moments previously enjoyed
Helping to soften an ever increasing...

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I remember when I held my children for the first time

I remember when I spoke at my dad’s funeral ad libbing in a mix of...

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It was 1968 we'd gathered again in the school auditorium my tiny hands sweating only five years old while my name was called in all...

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VERDICT

Is it from a past memory that one learns
The thing that someone once did, or said to you
It is as if one’s heart and brain...

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Tonight 

I rediscovered 

Boulevard of Broken 

Dreams on a jaunt through 

Glasgow’s October-lit streets. Rain 

drippin’ off chin. Momentarily wishing 

I was more like I...

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Convalesced amongst peaks and valleys,
Verdant and undulating over Afon Ebwy, 
I paid my way through the colliery
With but a baker's dozen of years behind me.

Seduced...

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Your presence is thick
Like honey, dripping and sweet
I find myself waiting
And hear You beckoning

I see You with arms stretched wide
Wrapping me in gentle embrace
A memory...

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I really gotta practice-- 
if I'm gonna pick up Spanish!
Using it a bit more everyday; 
well, that's my plan-ish...

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My life started with adoption
then realizing had a stammer as well
struggle through school glad to leave
at fifteen still struggling to tell

First job was electrician so...

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I must make the right choices, I must do this everyday
Physically I'm struggling but mentally I am ok
Inspiring my peers, i know this will be...

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I came into the world with my hands folded.
Yet they welcomed me with laughter and danced the sorrow away for tomorrow.
Soon, I could no longer...

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To greet with a smile
Is the best gift
Surpassing any words
Fascinating hearts
And  a memory 
Imprinted in the hearts
Just because it fetches
Love
Good thoughts
Innocence
Let smile 
And the...

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Tread lightly on my badly wounded soul
Lest it return in spectral manner borne,
Time will atone for the happiness you stole.

Ponder the ways you can make...

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Colors of leaves in autumn weave a lovely quilt

covering the countryside, woods, and waters

falling like snowflakes from the tallest of trees

lighting the forest like a...

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